Obama has been raising the stakes by going head to head against Putin in Syria. Putin has retaliated by suspending the nuclear pact with the United States, which is now raising stakes with Washington. This suspends the plan to clean up weapons-grade plutonium. According to a report, the CIA is to supply the mercenaries in Syria with heavy weapons.
QUESTION: Hello Martin and thank you for all your fascinating and informative emails. I’m probably naive and unrealistic (if everything goes in cycles maybe it’s just the way of the World) but I just read your email about Sears and felt pretty sad to see something that survived well for a long time and provided so […]
QUESTION: Mr, Armstrong, Just how stupid do these leaders really think we are? The ECB Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny said there is no banking crisis. “We are in a transition and learning process.” KR ANSWER: Well they think we are stupid, and the press is either brain-dead or corrupt. It is unbelievable. However, if we […]
QUESTION: I read your blog daily, first thing in the morning. What surprise me is your ability to see through the dust. Socrates has been of real help and thanks a lot. I have a concern within Nato governance that I like your view on. Trump has not touched it however how can there be […]
For years there have been rather stupid rumors that Obama would call martial law to stay in the White House. This is not a power-hungry guy. He plays golf more than anyone and misses more than 60% of his national briefings. The ONLY rumor that comes from behind the curtain, and not the internet, is what I […]
Saturday Night Live did a great skit on the presidential debate that is probably closer to our choices than what mainstream media will ever portray.
Julian Assange of WikiLeaks has long-promised a document dump on Hillary Clinton that many have suspected might be her emails. This was to take place today from the balcony of London’s Ecuadorian Embassy, where Assange has sought sanctuary for years. This event has been canceled due to what he deems as “security concerns” imposed by the […]
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) agreement to cut production is supposed to end Saudi Arabia’s policy of the last to years to pump-at-will. This has sent Middle Eastern economies into a tail-spin and the glut of oil has meant rising taxes and selling bonds to raise capital. With this new claimed reversal of that […]
The latest HOAX running around is that Bill is not the father of Chelsea Clinton. It really is amazing how people are making up stuff at this point right down to Hillary toilet paper (sent in as a gift). I have never seen such an election that is so out of wack in all the years […]
We saw a healthy Asian session today with the Nikkei up almost 1/5% at one stage following the impressive US mood. The market could not maintain its strength closing up 0.9% which was a small reaction to some mixed data but did provide Europe with some opening guidance. The Shanghai market was closed today for […]
